Detective Sergeant Sibley standing near the bathtub where Gladys G. Fair's body was found, Long Beach, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Detective Sergeant Sibley standing near the bathtub where Gladys G. Fair's body was found, Long Beach, 1935

Date Created

August 21, 1935

Date

1935-08-21

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Detective Sergeant Sibley photographed standing near the bathtub where Gladys G. Fair was found. Fair was shot in her Long Beach apartment (Cooper Arms Apartments, 455 E Ocean Blvd.).
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Woman Dies by Bullet: Found Slain in Bathtub Visitor to Rooms of Naval Aide at Long Beach Hunted by Police," 21 Aug. 1935: 3.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1742. Florence Boykin Dowling, Glenda [sic] Fair's apt., Cooper Arms firescape, Det Sgt Sibley of Long Beach, Jack Boykin, Capt Owen Murphy, Det Sgt Woodruff of Long Beach. Glenda [sic] Fair murder in Long Beach, 8/21/35. [Stamped:] Aug 27 1935.
Handwritten on negative: Det Sgt Sibley of Long Beach, 8/21/35.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

forensic photographs
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Sibley, William J. (William Jackson), Jr., 1904-1967
Fair, Gladys Glena Smith, 1898-1935

Location

Long Beach (Calif.)

Longitude

33.767025

Latitude

-118.186556

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Homicides--California--Long Beach
Detectives--California--Long Beach
Criminal investigations--California--Long Beach